Volkswagen has revealed a performance version of the new Beetle, with the VW Beetle R Concept bowing in at Frankfurt. We did speculate back in June that Volkswagen were planning on giving the new VW Beetle some butch credentials by endowing it with a new performance range-topper – the VW Beetle R. And today at Frankfurt the […]
Volvo Concept You – the future Volvo
The Volvo Concept You is revealed today at Frankfurt 2011, following on from Volvo’s Concept Universe and pointing at Volvo’s future. We have to confess that we weren’t huge fans of the Volvo Concept Universe at Shanghai this year, but the Frankfurt offering – the Volvo Concept You – is more convincing. The Concept Universe at Shanghai was just […]
Land Rover DC100 Sport – it’s the Sporty new Defender
Land Rover has revealed a cool and sporty version of the new Land Rover Defender. The DC100 Sport is an open ‘Speedster’ Defender. It helps to have a good dose of ‘cool’ when you launch a new car. And Land Rover have a head start with the iconic Defender, which is ‘Cool’ by default. But they’ve gone […]
Ford Fiesta ST Concept arrives
Just as we expected, Ford has revealed a hot Fiesta – the Fiesta ST – With 178bhp and a sub 7 second 0-60mph. Expect it late 2012. Just as we expected, Ford has revealed a properly hot Fiesta to take on the new wave of superminis – like the Polo GTI – and is offering […]
New Suzuki Swift Sport (2012) again, but with photos and detail
The 2012 Suzuki Swift Sport as revealed last month with a single image and a paucity of detail. But now we get more photos and a bit more detail. With Frankfurt rapidly looming we’ll be getting waves of reveals over the coming days (keep that coffee pot bubbling – long days coming), and today’s first offering is […]
Fisker Surf Shooting Brake appears at Frankfurt
With the Fisker Karma now reaching customers, Fisker has revealed a Shooting Brake version at the Frankfurt Motor Show. Fisker will reveal a Shooting Brake version of the Fisker Karma at Frankfurt today, the first new model we’ve seen in the flesh from the eco-car company for some time. And no, this isn’t project Nina, it’s the […]
Ford Focus ST & ST Estate arrive at Frankfurt
Ford has revealed not just the Focus ST but – for the first time – the Focus ST Estate at Frankfurt 2011. Both versions on sale 2012. The 2012 Ford Focus ST has debuted tonight at the Frankfurt Motor Show and came with a surprise addition – a Focus ST Estate, the first time Ford has offered […]
Lamborghini Gallardo LP570-4 Super Trofeo Stradale arrives
Now we know that Lamborghini’s ‘Super Sports Car’ heading for Frankfurt 2011 is the Lamborghini Gallardo LP570-4 Super Trofeo Stradale. Lamborghini teased us back in August with the statement that Frankfurt 2011 would see a ‘Super Sports Car’ arrive from Sant’Agata. We thought it may be a road-going version of the Gallardo Super Trofeo and so it is, with the Lamborghini […]
Aston Martin DBS Carbon Edition revealed
Aston Martin are to take a pair of ‘new’ models to Frankfurt in the DBS Carbon Edition Coupe and DBS Carbon Edition Volante. There must come a point, somewhere along the line, where Aston Martin actually makes a new car. But that’s no time soon, so the new models are a further re-hash of the range with […]
2nd Generation Audi R8 eTron at Frankfurt
Audi are to reveal a 2nd generation Audi R8 eTron at the Frankfurt Motor Show this week with 308bhp and four electric motors. We did think that Audi were too busy playing with the electric go-kart that is the Urban Concept to bother with any more eTrons. But we were wrong. The 2nd generation Audi R8 eTron […]